The showcase program of the 9th European Jazz Conference (see separate article) was inaugurated in the comfortable Auditorium of the Palais du Pharo—the main venue of the conference—by the Orchid Big ...

Michel Portal, a French pioneer of European modern jazz and a prolific writer of film music, has died aged 90, his agent said Sunday. A multi-instrumentalist at home with the clarinet, saxophone and ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cortex-current-group-photo - Credit: Dillon Edlin* “R.I.P. MF DOOM!” one fan screamed as the band hit its stride onstage at its ...

Even if you don’t know psychedelic French jazz-funk legends Cortex by name, you have probably know have probably heard elements of their 1975 album Troupeau Bleu. Tracks from it have been sampled by ...

A one-of-a-kind jazz dialogue between France and New Orleans is set to captivate audiences on Tuesday, April 9, at 2 p.m. at the New Orleans Jazz Museum. Renowned French jazz drummer and composer Anne ...

The Les Haricots Rouges jazz combo is due to appear at the New Orleans Festival at the Tel Aviv Museum from November 27-29. Norbert Congrega just wants us to smile. That’s not too much to ask for, is ...

OZMA is celebrating 20 years together. Founded in 2001 in Strasbourg, France, the genre-bending jazz quintet has built a major international profile, recording eight albums and touring more than 40 ...

Amid the myriad holiday club gigs, concert performances, and jazz parties, the Iridium was the scene of a serendipitous collaboration between Cyrus Chestnut and Kevin Mahogany. Cyrus led a trio that ...

Michel Portal (L) performs during a jazz festival in Nantes, northwestern France, in August 2013. Photo by Frank PERRY / AFP Michel Portal, a French pioneer of European modern jazz and a prolific ...